Tag: UP
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Muslims Are Acutely Underrepresented in UP and Bihar Administrations
By Mumtaz Alam PATNA — Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, home to around one-third of the nation’s 17 croroe Muslim population, have very negligible presence of the minority civil servants on the posts of District Magistrate (DM) or Superintendent of Police (SP). In Bihar, out of 76 posts of DM and SP, only four are held…
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Priyanka’s ‘roadshow’ draws eyeballs, but tough road ahead
By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : On her first public outing after making the political debut as Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday may have succeeded in drawing enough eye balls in the roadshow here but the road ahead may be arduous and bumpy. After seeing the response of the moribund party workers during…
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BSP, SP should have included Congress in UP alliance to finish the game: Yashwant Sinha
By Anand Singh and Prashant Sood, New Delhi : Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha says opposition unity against the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections is a “work in progress” but feels that the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party should have included Congress in the alliance in Uttar Pradesh that would have “finished…
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BSP-SP alliance giving ‘sleepless nights’ to BJP: Mayawati
Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday marked her 63rd birthday with a fulsome attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of betraying the people on promises made in 2014 and the BJP of dividing people in the name of caste and religion and said the people would vote them out in the coming…
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SP-BSP Alliance in UP: A Muslim Perspective
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi, The strategic partnership of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in UP is very crucial in the run to 2019 general election in India. The Indian National Congress should have been taken on board but its arrogance, as seen in recent past during Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan elections,…
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CBI searches 14 locations in Delhi, UP over illegal mining
New Delhi : The CBI on Saturday searched 14 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including the residence of a woman IAS officer, a Samajwadi Party leader and a BSP leader, in connection with its investigation into a case of illegal sand mining, with sources saying the role of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who…
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Slain UP inspector’s family meets Adityanath
Lucknow : Family of slain Uttar Pradesh Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was killed in Bulandshahr mob violence, met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, even as the main conspirator of the mayhem, Bajrang Dal’s Yogesh Raj, continues to evade an arrest. The meeting was held at the 5, Kalidas Marg residence of the…
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Four held for Bulandshahr violence, police mum on killers’ links
Lucknow/Bulandshahr : Four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a young man in violence in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh after cow vigilantes went on a rampage, police said on Tuesday. The police, however, maintained it would be too early to conclude about the involvement of any…
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UP Police served notice on ‘fake encounter’ of Muslim youth
Lucknow : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over reports of a Muslim youth being killed by the state police in a ‘fake encounter’. The NHRC took suo motu cognizance of media reports which mentioned that Irshad Ahmad, 20, was killed in a ‘fake encounter’…
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UP cop arrested after he kills Apple executive, probe ordered
Lucknow : An Uttar Pradesh constable was on Saturday arrested and booked for murder after he shot and killed a young Apple executive from close range, an official said. The state government has also ordered a probe into the incident. The constable and his colleague have been dismissed from service and sent to jail, the…